Today's delivery arrived at 2:15pm. When I opened the box, I almost felt like it was Christmas. Everything looked so good, like it was fresh picked.The kale was a beautiful green with nice shiny leaves, the red pepper was beautifully sectioned. The green onions, cucumber and radishes looked like they had just been pulled as did the potatoes. YUM! The only bad thing was the totally green bananas. It will be a while before they will ripen enough to eat, however, they were nice looking otherwise.

After just planting last weekend, the seedlings are up! The salad greens, brussel sprouts and cauliflower were up first and prolific. Their seeds are so tiny you have can't avoid planting too many. The peas and beans are growing a bit slower, but they are much larger. I am impressed with the germination of these seeds.*

Now that the little sprouts have come out to say hello, the best way to care for them is pretty simple:

Up until now, your choices for what happened to your physical remains after death were limited to two choices: buried in the ground or cremated. If you choose traditional burial in the ground, this involves the process of embalming you by filling your body with toxic chemicals, then they put you in a sealed coffin, and finally pour a concrete vault to place your coffin in which is also sealed. This is a highly expensive option, and not very friendly to the earth.

​I love making vegetable gardens in straw bales. It has to be one of the easiest ways to grow your own, especially if you don't have any soil for a garden, or if you soil is not usable. All it takes to make one is:

Today's delivery just arrived and this is it. Everything looks good, other than the Romaine lettuce, which looks a bit wilted. I placed in in the sink in some ice water to perk it up. The bananas were just ripe and ready to eat and the green pepper is also at it's peak ripeness. I have to admit, though, I have never seen such tiny sweet potatoes. It will be interesting to cook them and see how they taste.

Spring is almost here! Time to start your seeds! We have a fairly short growing season here, so I start quite a few plants inside. Usually the longer maturing veggies like cauliflower, brussel sprouts, cabbage and peas. This year I also decided to plant some early kale, mustard and swiss chard. I've never grown any mustard before, we shall see how they are in salad.

I really wanted some mushrooms and some cauliflower, but neither was a choice this week. I was kinda disappointed, however they did have sweet potatoes, which I really love. I have never had organic sweet potatoes before, so I look forward to trying them. I ordered another pound of carrots because the ones I got last week were absolutely delicious! My husband and I were fighting over them! I have a feeling they are going to be a regular. I have to put avocado on my no no list, since they seem determined to give me one. UGH! What happened to the avocado shortage I read about earlier this month??This scoop on how this box turned out and the stuff in it, on Monday.....Have a Great Weekend,Jade :)

I saw this post on a blog I read called Sow and Dipity, a great blog about gardening, crafts and such.These little plant pockets are so cute and easy to make. I can just see them hanging on my privacy fence or on my deck railing with herbs spilling out.All it takes is some old jeans and an inexpensive vinyl tablecloth. Check it out!

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​I wrote this simple How To article on Hub Pages, so I thought I would share it with you all. I love to make things with decoupage, so I have started making these little organizers. They are so easy to make and have so many uses!
​I hope you enjoy it!